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Originally Posted by jonebone
Maybe I'm missing something here, but you said this is a DIY for hooking up a sub/amp to a stock HU. But yet in your second step you switch to an aftermarket HU.
I've installed systems in some of my previous cars and I dont remember needing a LOC or T-Taps. Can't you do this another way? I know there are no RCA outs on the stock HU, can you buy a converter, then run the wire and hook it up that way? I want to put a system in my car, but it seems like this is a lot of effort just to do so. Feedback please?
Or maybe could someone clarify the T-Taps and the LOC steps because they dont seem all too clear to me.
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This is a DIY for hooking up a sub/amp to stock HU. Regarding the second step...
I just used that thread to locate the ACC Wire, I didn't change HU's. You need an ACC wire (12v switched power source) to turn the amp on ;-). This is so the amp isn't on all the time, it only comes on when the car is running.
The reason you need an LOC here is because the Factory HU doesn't supply an RCA output. The LOC simply converts the factory speaker wires to an RCA output for the aftermarket amp. The T-Taps are just an easy, clean way to splice into the Subwoofer, (the signal we need to run to those aftermarket subs).
I promise it really isn't a lot of effort at all, the hardest part is running the power wire to the trunk, and that really isn't THAT bad.
Anything else, just reply and I'll try to get to you.